In the early days of the apocalypse, all the scholars who flaunted their pure desires regarded themselves as Lindong party member or Lindong party member. After a decade or two in politics, they still have the power to influence public opinion and occupy some important positions. In the first year of the Apocalypse (1620), Ye was the cabinet record, Sun was the history of the Ministry of Rites, and he was the suggestion of the capital. In the second year of the apocalypse, Sun Chengzong entered the cabinet and took charge of the Ministry of War. Zhao Nanxing was appointed as the capital, and in the second year, he changed the official department minister. In addition, Gao Panlong was appointed as leftist deputy, Yang Lian was promoted to leftist deputy, and Zuo Guangdou was promoted to leftist deputy. At first, Wei Zhongxian's relationship with this group of bureaucrats was not too tense. He respected Zhao Nanxing and praised him before JaeHee. The two men were sitting at the red main entrance to discuss, and Zhao Nanxing solemnly warned Wei Zhongxian: "The Lord of the country is about to celebrate the New Year, so courtiers at home and abroad should work hard." Although this made Wei Zhongxian unhappy, he didn't turn his face. The third year of the apocalypse (1623) is an important year. Wei Zhongxian was appointed as the magistrate of the East Factory, and Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei entered the cabinet. The constant impeachment of Gu and Wei is intolerable to desire. He was friends with Wei Yunzhen, Wei Guangwei's father, but he refused to let Wei go out and publicly said that Wei Yunzhen had no children. Wei Zhongxian needs the cooperation of foreign bureaucrats, and bureaucrats who are not allowed by desire also need to take refuge in Wei Zhongxian. They naturally formed a political faction. In April of the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624), Fu Jian and others were sent to the mansion, saying that Zuo Guangdou and Wei Dazhong were communicating with cabinet minister Wang Wenyan. In June, Yang disintegrated Wei Zhongxian and listed his crimes of persecuting courtiers, eunuchs, concubines, keeping internal soldiers, prison cases and so on. * * * Article 24, other ministers also impeached, no less than one hundred times. Wei Zhongxian's struggle with the Westernization School, or rather, the struggle between the Yan Party and the Party, has entered an open stage. Judging from the situation at that time, the forces against Wei Zhongxian and Yan Party were still very strong, and neither side had a chance of winning. Wei Zhongxian found Lu Han, the cabinet minister, and hoped that he would come forward to mediate. This is a gesture of compromise. Lu Han refused to cooperate, and other ministers refused to stop fighting. Wei Zhongxian can only manipulate Xizong by his ability and that of Hakkas. Zong is young and good at playing games. Wei Zhongxian and others led him to hunt on land, frolic by the pool, and take advantage of his love for carpentry. Every time, he held an axe and saw to compete. In JaeHee's eyes, the affairs of state are far less important than his painting ropes and cutting ink and building small rooms. He said, "Good." The decision-making power of state affairs is gradually dominated by Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian's associates made a list against bureaucrats, including more than 100 people, and called it an evil party, while more than 60 eunuchs were listed as upright people as the basis for their high spirits. Ruan Dacheng wrote "Dianjianglu" in an ingenious way, and ranked party member in the name of Juyi leaders in "Water Margin", such as the highest 36 people: Li Sancai, Ye, the prodigal money, the sage Wen, the white-faced husband, Hui Shiyang and the flea on the drum. There are seventy-two people on the earth star, military strategist Gu, green-faced beast Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, and scholar in dry land. In July of the fourth year of the apocalypse, he was forced to take the official position. Earlier, China officials broke into Ye's mansion to search for a suggestion of arrest, shouting insults, which was also a great shame that had never been recorded in previous dynasties. 10, Zhao Nanxing and Gao Panlong became officials, while Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou cut their books. Wei Dazhong's suicide note
Wang Wenyan is an important figure in Wei Zhongxian's anti-Lindong movement. He was not born in the imperial examination, but was a county magistrate at first, so he was resourceful. After entering Beijing, he fell in love with eunuch Wang An, which facilitated Wang An's contact with the Cabinet. He was highly valued by Ye. He used to write books for the cabinet and had contacts with Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong and others. Wei Zhongxian hated Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, and was determined to kill them. He chose the clue of Wang Wenyan, sent him to prison, tortured him for more than two months, and insisted that he give up Yang Lian and other bribery cases. Wang Wenyan has a lot of backbone, saying, "If you take this as a way to despise honest people, you will die." Finally, he was tortured to death. Xu Xianchun, the security officer in charge of prison trial, made his own prison words and put Yang Lian and others in prison. At the same time, Xiong Tingbi, the military affairs minister of Liaodong, was imprisoned. Xiong Tingbi offended the dignitaries of North Korea; He also proposed to give up Liaodong, quit Shanhaiguan and assume the responsibility of losing land; There are also rumors that he drafted Yang Lian's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, so he is doomed. Wei Zhongxian believes that it is difficult to say clearly that crimes such as Yang Lian were convicted only in the case of moving the palace, and too few people were involved. However, if the traffic is handsome and bribes are received, it will be damned. In August of the fifth year of the Apocalypse (1625), Xiong Tingbi abandoned the city and launched the first nine realms. In August and September, Wei Dazhong, Zuo Guangdou, Gu and others died in prison. Influenced by Yang Lian and other prisons, many bureaucrats were arrested and killed. When Wei Dazhong was arrested and escorted to Wuxian, Zhou Shunchang, a native of Wuxian and a senior official of the official department, was at home. He stayed with Wei Dazhong for a few days and married his in-laws. This is a blatant contempt for Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian sent Tiki to arrest people, causing riots in Suzhou. The gathered crowd knelt down and begged Zhou Shunchang to spare his life, killing a dike rider and injuring many others. Zhou Shunchang was killed in prison. When dealing with the Suzhou Uprising, citizens Yan, Ma Jie, yang shen, Yang Nianru and Zhou Shunchang all talked about death. They were buried together near Tiger Hill, and the tombstone read "Tomb of Five". After learning the news, Gao Panlong wrote his last words and went to the water in the early morning of March 17 at the age of 64. In his early years, he worshipped the frame and presented it to the Prince Taibao, the Minister of War, and the loyal constitution. The posthumous works were sorted out by later generations as Gao Zi's suicide note and Gao Zhongxian's public collection. Yuan Keli, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, has the tail from wagging the dog and wants to remain neutral and do more practical things. In the same year, his good friend Gao Panlong wrote a letter to Yuan Keli, which said, "My brother is a corrupt scholar, and he can't serve his country. The recent turmoil was born in lectures, Zou Feng went to work, and my brother left "("Gao Zi Selected Works Answer Yuan Jiehuan Zhong Cheng "). The high hopes placed on his unfinished words can be seen in his pen. From then on, Yuan Keli, the upright minister, tried to stay away from partisan strife and stepped onto the front desk against eunuchs. Every time he discussed this matter with eunuchs, he "wanted to invite outsiders" (Huang Daozhou's "Jie Huan and Yuan Gong Chuan"). In November of the sixth year of the Apocalypse (1626), Yuan Keli said, "Isn't this the time to summon Shenwumen?" (Biography of Sui Zhou Zhiyuan Kelichuan). In a rage, the eunuch sent a large number of minions to Yuan Keli, "waiting around Gongmen every day, thinking that it would be illegal to sit down", but in the end Yuan Keli was "upright" and couldn't borrow it. (Kong Zhenyun's Epitaph of Yuan Gong in the Ministry of War Shangshu Festival). Later, Jiuqing chose Yuan Keli's Nanking Ministry of Commerce, and changed to maintain the Ministry of War Minister Counsellor, so Wei Zhongxian got in the way and pushed him out of North Korea. Zhong Xian's confidant Yuan Keli is in charge of the Ministry of War in the South, Cui Chengxiu is the Ministry of War in the North, and the military forces in the world hold power in one hand. Since Yuan Keli "returned to Wei Yanfu", the wind of loyalty has gradually become. Huang Daozhou said: "When Cui Xie was in Wei, it was unclear whether it was true or not. If it was, it was from Sima Festival to Yuangong." (Huang Daozhou's Biography of Sacrifice to the Public) The struggle between Wei Zhongxian and the Party has gone beyond the scope of the imperial court and aroused strong repercussions in the society. While using the prison to deal with the opposition bureaucrats, Wei Zhongxian also ordered his followers to compile the Essentials of Three Dynasties, relayed and evaluated the "Three Cases" and created public opinion to crack down on dissidents. Wei Zhongxian's position is constantly improving, and quite a few bureaucrats approach him for various reasons to help him control the situation and crack down on the opposition. They are called Wei Party or Yan Party. The ministers who joined the cabinet after the fifth year of the Apocalypse (1625) were mostly Wei Zhongxian's henchmen. This includes Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei, Huang, Shi Fenglai, Lai Zongdao, Yang and others who joined the cabinet after the strike in Wei Zhongxian. The most outstanding performers are Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei. Gu Bingqian as records, palm purport batch answer, the court has, belongs to Wei Zhongxian. Wei Guangwei sent a letter from Wei Zhongxian and called it "Ge Jia Bao". At that time, people called him "WaiGong Wei". Wei Zhongxian has five tigers, five tigers, ten dogs, ten sons and forty grandsons. The "Five Tigers" are civil servants, including the suggestions of Cui Chengxiu and Zuo Du, the ministers of the Ministry of Industry, who were promoted from Taichang to the ministers of the Ministry of Industry within one year, and Tian Ji, Taichang Ni, Zuo Du and Li, the ministers of the Ministry of Industry within one year. The "Five Tigers" are Wu Zhi, including Zuo DuDu Tian Ergeng, Du Du Xu Xianchun, Dong Chang's criminal officer Cui Yingyuan and Tian Ergeng's confidant Yang Fei. In the early years of Chongzhen, according to the investigation results of "Yan Dang's Countercase", a * * found out that there were 6 accomplices in the first counter-case, including 19 people,1person, 35 people who crossed the line, and 35 people who were flattering 15 people who attended/kloc-. If you add 57 in "Fish from the Slip of the Net", you can see the great momentum of the "eunuch party". The first of the "Ten Dogs" is Zhou Yingqiu. This person is good at cooking, and Wei Zhongxian's nephew Suning Wei Bo Liangqing likes to eat his trotters best. This is why he was promoted to the Zuodu Empire, and he was called "the Constitution of the General with the Stewed Foot". Ten children and forty grandchildren are even more complicated. For example, Lee Beon and Li Lusheng were appointed by the magistrate of a county respectively. First they took refuge in Wei Guangwei, who fell out of favor. Instead, the cabinet minister Quan Feng fell out of favor and took refuge in Cui Chengxiu, so he was ridiculed as a "slave with four surnames". Wei Zhongxian's henchmen also set up a shrine for Wei Zhongxian. Pan Ruzhen, governor of Zhejiang Province, was the first person to build a shrine. He begged mobile phone users to build a temple in the West Lake, which was sparse after completion, so I asked Xizong to give me a plaque. Zong's name is Pude. As an encouragement to this move, Pan Ruzhen was promoted to senior minister of Nanjing Criminal Department. However, the trip to Zhejiang arrived one day late and was dismissed. As soon as the case was opened, building a shrine immediately became a trend. All over the country are scrambling to build shrines for Wei Zhongxian. Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, was also an official who invited Jiansheng Temple for Wei Zhongxian earlier, but at the beginning of Chongzhen's accession to the throne, he mistakenly entrusted the border affairs to Chonghuan, and did not delve into it. The conclusive evidence shows that Yuan Chonghuan suffered a great loss in character, which is not consistent with the "double-faced spy" invented by the Manchu government during the "literary inquisition". Great scholar Xie Han and others said, "Shi Yongan, Zhang Fengyi, Yuan Chonghuan. The above six people also built shrines, but they should be reduced together with traitors. "Lu Wanling army, is also ingenious. He suggested building a shrine in imperial academy, comparing Wei Zhongxian with Confucius: "Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Period, while the loyal sages wrote the compendium of the Three Dynasties, and Confucius treated the young and the loyal sages ruled. It is advisable to build a temple to learn Sinology and Western Learning, and to respect sages. " Even an aristocratic king like Chu built a shrine for Wei Zhongxian. Not all the officials who presided over the creation of the shrine were Wei Zhongxian's henchmen. It can only be said that it has become a trend to build a holy temple, even for self-protection, it has to go with the flow. The shrine is grand and solemn. It is not only carved by Zhu Hu, but also very useful with glazed yellow tiles, similar to a palace. Not only the clothes were crowned, but also the golden statue was hung up, which embarrassed several emperors. "Every time you make a word, you use hundreds of thousands more and tens of thousands less. The money used is either exploited by the people or taken away from the government. Building a holy temple requires land, or occupying graves, or tearing down houses to build houses, and no one dares to stop it. In Kaifeng, more than 2000 houses were demolished. Sacrifice in the shrine, according to the specifications of the princes. The statue in the shrine is carved by Daphne, with gold-plated outside and fine craftsmanship. Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands and feet can turn, just like a stranger. The clothes outside are gorgeous, the bun inside is full of holes, and the fragrant flowers are constantly flowing. The flattery of the Ming dynasty to the powerful is so extreme. Wei Zhongxian personally prefects the East Factory, and the Royal Guards are mostly his cronies and henchmen. Factory guards are the main tools of Wei Zhongxian's authority. One of the main tasks of factory guards is to monitor the bureaucracy. In the Wei Zhongxian era, hundreds of people were raised in the factory, and the East Factory drew lots to allocate yamen. The factory affairs of monitoring the trial prison are called listening and recording, and the factory affairs of monitoring other yamen and gates are called sitting on the ground. The factory attendant reported the detected problems to the East Factory. With this kind of information, you can input it directly from Donghuamen, no matter day or night. Xu Xianchun is in charge of the town magistrate's office. Every time he examines the prison, Wei Zhongxian will send someone to sit behind. " If the doll doesn't come, he won't dare to ask. As for the privacy of the upper class, even the "family's daily necessities accusation", it is hard to escape from the eyes and ears of the factory guards and make a joke in the palace. For example, Princess Ningan's son (Xing's daughter) was found hiding the cultural relics given by the princess. A Chinese book, read Yang, but he was afraid to tell others. He just clapped his hands and sighed, was tipped off by his family, died, and his home was copied. When Dr. Xianzu Ye from the Ministry of Industry saw the inner hall of the inner city, he was deeply touched. He secretly sighed: "How lucky this son of heaven is to stand up!" It is disrespectful to call the statue of Wei Zhongxian a puppet. Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian dismissed from office. The tentacles of factory guards have also penetrated into the people. The following is typical: "In the evening, four people were drinking in the secret room, one was drunk and insulted Wei Zhongxian, and the other three were silent. Before the scolding was over, four people were taken to loyalty, that is, scolding, while three people received money and three people were too scared to move. " The three people were "silent" first, and then "too scared to move", which is obviously not a trap arranged in advance. The factory guards' surveillance of the people, especially for enriching the people, is also pervasive. Wu Yangchun, a well-known rich man in Huizhou, relies on Huangshan Mountain for his income. His servant sued him for private possession of Huangshan Mountain, and he earned more than 600,000 yuan in taxes over the years. Wu Yangchun was arrested in Beijing and compensated according to the number. He himself was tortured to death, his wife and daughter hanged themselves, and all his property was taken away. Many rich people in the county also went bankrupt because of their involvement. Generally speaking, the relationship between autocratic eunuchs and foreign officials and rich folk households is very tense. In addition, Wei Zhongxian's dictatorship also created an atmosphere of mutual supervision in society. For example, "if there is a promise, even the transition, everyone is in the same boat." The student asked, "Wei Jian's tea poisoned the nobles." . What is the public like? The man said angrily, Chao is regarded as a natural saint. You are a little scholar, and you dare to ruin your future. "Why are you so bold?" "For example, Nanchang Bookstore, where I have read three dynasties classics all my life, is occasionally unfair. Suddenly, a man rushed forward to see yangfu's yard. Persuade people to have more money and then get rid of it. "The former capital and the latter capital are definitely not factory health investigators. Dissatisfaction and criticism of Wei Zhongxian will be humiliated and threatened by this generation, which may be a greater tragedy. As a tool of feudal autocracy, factory hygiene system caused a lot of unjust imprisonment during Wei Zhongxian's administration. Liu Feng, the magistrate of Yangzhou, tried his best to buy off relevant parties and rescued Qi Li Chengen, a national detained in prison, for Zhang Tigan, the eunuch of Dongchang. Zhang Tigan further framed Liu Duo for colluding with Fang Jingyang and cursed Wei Zhongxian.